"Therefore whoever who will confess Me before men, I also will confess Him before My Father who is in heaven.
Luke 15:10 - English Majority Text Version 2009 Just so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even so, I tell you, there is joy among and in the presence of the angels of God over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind for the better, heartily amending his ways, with abhorrence of his past sins). American Standard Version (1901) Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. Common English Bible In the same way, I tell you, joy breaks out in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who changes both heart and life.” Catholic Public Domain Version So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance. |
"Therefore whoever who will confess Me before men, I also will confess Him before My Father who is in heaven.
"See that you do not despise one of these little [ones], for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
Thus it is not the will before your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
"Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.
But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
Not at all, I tell you; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
I say to you that likewise [there] shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine righteous who need no repentance.
And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost!'
For which reason I say to you, her many sins have been forgiven, because she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."
And hearing these things, they remained silent, and [they] glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted even to the Gentiles repentance unto life."
But an angel of the Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison, and leading them out, he said,
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, without regret; but worldly sorrow produces death.
For perhaps he was taken away for a time on account of this, in order that you might keep him eternally,
Are they not all ministering spirits being sent out to minister for the sake of those who shall be heirs of salvation?